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Porum is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of Muskogee, the county seat. [ 4 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km 2 ), of which 0.8 square miles (2.1 km 2 ) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2 ) (2.56%) is water.
The Muskogee Southern Railroad, starting in 1902, built south from Muskogee in the 1902-1903 timeframe through the towns of Warner and Porum to a point on the Canadian River. [1] There, construction stopped due to lack of funding for a bridge. [2] A map shows this distance as about 37 miles. [3]
The Porum Range War was a range war that happened in the town of Porum in Muskogee County, Oklahoma between large ranch owner Judge Thomas Luther Hester and the Davis and Starr families. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The feud began due to alleged rustling activities committed by the latter on Hester's TLH Connected Brand, which led to ambushes, gunfights, and ...
State Highway 2, abbreviated SH-2 or OK-2, is a designation for two distinct highways maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Though they were once connected, the middle section of highway was concurrent with three different U.S. highways, so the middle section was decommissioned for reasons of redundancy.
Northbound in Vian, Oklahoma. State Highway 82, abbreviated to SH-82 or OK-82, is a state highway in Oklahoma. It runs for 43.2 miles (69.5 km) north–south during its southern segment; and 99.2 miles (159.6 km) north–south during its northern segment.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Police need your help identifying two armed thieves: They committed their crime back in 2011 and they probably think they got away with it -- if not for Google Maps. But thanks ...
The state of Oklahoma historically had civil townships.On August 5, 1913, voters passed the Oklahoma Township Amendment, also known as State Question 58. [1] This allowed the creation or abolishment of townships on a county by county basis; by the mid-1930s, all Oklahoma counties had voted to abolish them. [2]
Map shows snow totals as of Wednesday morning, Jan. 22, 2025. / Credit: CBS News The state of Louisiana saw a record-breaking snow total of over 11 inches in the city of Chalmette.